2005-06 - Office of the Registrar - Duke University

may be implemented in the brain. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
C-L: Linguistics 268S
270S. A-R, U-Z. Selected Problems. New courses not yet in the bulletin are designated as
170S or 270S depending on level. Since all faculty offer these courses, their contents vary
accordingly. Different courses indicated by the letter. Consent of instructor required.
Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
272S. Obesity and Eating Disorders. A review of obesity and of the major clinical eating
disorders (including binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa) and their
pathophysiology, and their treatments. Consent of instructor required. Prerequisite:
Introductory Biology. Instructor: Surwit. 3 units.
For Graduates
305. Adult Psychopathology. Examination of current diagnostic and theoretical
approaches to adult psychopathology and personality disorders and the implications of
diagnostic and theoretical systems for assessment and treatment. Instructor: Strauman. 3
units.
306. Interventions in Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology. Review critical
elements of randomized clinical trials in behavioral medicine and clinical health
psychology. Discuss basic issues of study design including identification of target
population, selection of outcome measures, blinding, use of control groups, randomization,
power analyses, and data analytic approaches. Examine a variety of behavioral interventions
including stress management, diet, exercise, pain management, and coping skills training.
Key clinical trials in four health areas-cardiovascular disease, cancer, metabolic disorders,
and pain will be reviewed. Students will be expected to prepare an oral presentation on a
research topic of their choice, and submit a written research proposal at the end of the
semester. Prerequisites: Psychological Assessment; Psychotherapy. Consent of instructor
required. Instructor: Blumenthal. 3 units.
307. Models of Intervention and Prevention. Review of empirically-supported treatments
for adult disorders. Therapeutic relationship issues and communication style; strategies
commonly used across disorders in empirically-supported treatment and prevention
programs; their application to specific disorders; development of theoretically integrative
treatments. Course balances discussion of theory and research findings with practical and
ethical issues in treatment delivery, illustrated by case transcripts and videotapes. Instructor:
Robins. 3 units.
315. Seminar in Consumer Behavior. 3 units. C-L: see Business Administration 562
316. Behavioral Decision Theory. 3 units. C-L: see Business Administration 525; also C-
L: Statistics and Decision Sciences 231
318. Research Design. Methodological principles of research design in clinical,
developmental, and social psychology. Emphasis on theory and practical applications.
Permission of instructor required. Instructor: Moore. 3 units.
320. Applied Multivariate Statistics. Applications of multivariate statistics in psychology
and related disciplines. Topics include: MANOVA, factor analysis, principal components
analysis, cluster analysis, multidimensional scaling, multiple logistic regression, and
various approaches to longitudinal data analysis. Covers issues in applied data analysis such
as a priori and post-hoc power analyses, transformation of data, and graphical/written/oral
presentation of results. Data analyzed using the SAS statistical software package, as well as
other specialty programs. Mandatory weekly lab sessions. Prerequisite: Psychology 273 and
274 or equivalent. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
321. Social Development. Analysis of children's social development from multiple
theoretical perspectives including biological, social cognitive, social learning, and
ecological perspectives. Includes socialization in the contexts of families, peers, schools,
and neighborhoods and the role of media. Implications for prevention/intervention programs
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